The Sun. — London, England, 1836-08-26 00:00:00

SPAIN. SU 31.11IARY OF SPANISH AFFAIRS. (From a Morning Paper.) Armin, AUG. 13 .--Lvents, and of h NaA.l import, succeed each other at a rapid paean Ttlt capital, declared B %a state of . siege, as the WI Means of repressing the hos ue LlisPoltions of its inhabitants, crouching beneath the n'n,Yr.:te of military despotism w ithi n ,, i s literally in a state n r= tiege from w i thout, by an enemy wh o wou ld annihilate t:th parties if h e could have his way. Don Basilic), the *filomtnander of one of the expeditionary bodies of Carlists broke loose from Navarre some weeks ago, and have since been running through different province's, in defiance of all the Queen's Generals, has lately posted hintrelf at Medinaceli, twenty-nine leagues from 'Madrid, tin the high e ro orn ad to Saragossa. The consequence it, that the means of and mitu.nication with France and England are intercepted # Is now three d:ay s sineo the post f r o m the tiotih hhs ari, in, the route lying through Saragem to Oleron. .nand:' many armita in the field, ao many Generals com with so many ___.g in the Whole kingdom 300,000 men, and moreover, valiant defr azetted victories and digs de gleritt for the thou h t Alders of the Throne of Isabel 11., it is th o „g 'passing strange that Don Basalt), with three dik_usa'ad men only, it is said, should have the bar ,.. rhwhile thus to menace, and incommode the capital. ile people were speculating in this fashion upon the news e of things within and without the walls of Madrid, .__,.."L'is arrived of an event at San Ildefonso calculated to T i e l et . r ," illlPeltant change in the whole aspect of affairs. o f " T b z u eL"a Regent was last night surprised in her Palace 1 aftel'a Granja by the troops of her small garrison, and ' sign r an armed negotiation her Majesty was induced to ,i.a decree directing the promulgation of the Constitu mott of t i e , , 1812 throughout her dominions. Prom the par siliars I have received of this affair it certainly does not i .e "' to hare been con d ucte d qu i te en regle ; but this con ibi,era„t,ioll deserves t o h ave li tt l e we i ght in the scale if 11? ' fl ing done were in itself either needful or just. 4 agna Charia was extorted from a reluctant Monarch by fli'll arm ed nobility in a state of rebellion against their law -a r ve reiga, but it is not the less cherished as the bul- I s v-r "' of English liberty. The crown of France was pre ileentied to its present owner upon the bayonets and pike and a 4, dripping with human gore, of a revolted soldiery o pep ; but the title of its wearer is not questioned C o p tat account either in Spain or in England, at the of ourt of La Granja, or even in the Conservative purlieus Pr0,, 8• James's. With this prefatory observation I will .1 -eeu to give you the details I have received : :, ',` SAN ILDEroNso, AUG. 13.—Last night, about eight }l ' l °ck, the regiment of Provincial Guards which is here esi i to ° ll : a_ v t e ie d ,d symptoms of mutiny in their barracks, which are out of the Sitio ; the Sitio and gardens are en sii,"u bY a wall, and there is an entrance of iron gates and r si s t n gs• On the first alarm these gates were closed. il t m llY after the grenadier company of the battalion of ~• " I ncials came up to the rails, crying Viva la Constitu v,"?! and insisted upon entrance, and threatening to force r a w , way abre le puerfa. Viva la Constitution I—Viva " e l 11. hada morir I (unto death), &c., were the cries theyeatestitt.er.ed.. .They were a long time parleying at the t with their officers, but without any result. The t h r° 2l's of the garrison within the gates had been ordered to z`ir quarters. The s h out i ng an d no i se h a d not, however, e ntinued long, when, i ns t ea d o f k eep i ng t h e i r quarters, ~,, 4th Guari a Real t urne d ou t w i t h t h e same cr i es, " demanded that the gates should be opened to their a Inl ' a des- Th e k eys were given up to them, after long thilti ener getic effo r t s on t h e part o f their officers to quell - e mutiny. : ,When the ( - rates opened, the whole garrison, excepting mov e d and bod ' y-o•uards (Guardia del Cuerpo) formed and • up to the front of the palace, their full bands play music , accompanied by the voices of the men t rivalled the thunder of the night before last. The cries S ere Viva la Libertad!—Viva la Consiilucionl—liceura an Roman I—lliztera Munoz I—Muera la Camarilla. , The whole of these troops, about 1,100 men, formed p'n front of the palace, close to the doors, and four corn talle.s, got through to the gardens . behind, and formed be aire Znaf; tile back front. The music, the noise, the vivas, con tred for some time. At length a communication was .erl with the Queen, and about twelve at night a depu „ '''cro of a sergeant, a corporal, and two soldiers from each '''Papany, were admitted into her Majesty's presence. They ft':.e said to have spoken well but fiercely, and only gave the ,9aeen th e a l ternat i ve of signing a decree adopting the i' L a llstitution, or su b m i tt i ng to the massacre of every one in "e palace. eb " The gran d su bj ect of complaint discussed by the sol ,nrs whil e th e d eputat i on was inside, was the arrears of °ay- It a p pears t h at t h e Provincials are three months in and arre ars of. pay, and several s a id th ey were w i t h out s h oes were in the greatest distress. Several National Guards ofd udrid were in the midst Bier s of the men, and bade the sol shut their ears to their officers and only listen to the 'ergeants. iii.... " M. de seen . -- --3=ado r w as Leval is dangerously ill. The English Am latte ; but ~ every effort to get into the Pe entrance Latilid s oldiers i let no one enter by the principal insideCO' - all the private ones were closed, and no one the st c:tild be got to open them. You may suppose that extre,,, at of Panic both in the town and in the palace was ti,is that pay=alt is said, but I have no means of confirming tile English Ambassador offered to guarantee the if il,----s' °I the arrears to the troops, within a few hours, ~ a l,, was all they desired. ' th e .„ t le ngt, about three o'clock this morning, out came B.Bit -,rr e .. b.. A. e a °. „,',"Ls tnd the deputation, having gained all they and - s — an tlar-t Queen, with the aid of the Alcalde, Mayor, the Constitu tion of -oman, drew out a decree, adopting . h 4 d L 11-312 until the meeting of the Cortes. Skins of wine and Supplied to the soldiers from somewhere or other, 1 40 ,„_"ais news also . was of an intoxicating character. The th„" 8 , Played louder than ever, vivas rent the air--and witrformed in a sort of military manner, and made pro billi,ro.und the place, discharging their pieces, (loaded h e ir . ~".) in the air at every turn. This scene ended about_ in,. Past four, and now all is quiet, for the men are sleep ter, At 12 o'clock they talk of placing the lapide (stone of fe,seek-,onstitution) and to-night they will have a Saturnalian the p } The cavalry, formed apart in another street off Quay "aza, stood firm, silent, and apparently determined, Ai:waiting orders. A'ntis'r 13, NIGHT.—The postscript to my history of this 111 ,Prn-ing is, that her Majesty's most faithful Guards g eo - . alternoon placed the Constitutional Inscription in the % te lt . Pinza before the palace. The ceremony was con eointed with military pomp, decorum, and order. San Roman (4 ne al_ ended ; and all the officers, at the request of the t h e r,.en, rejoined their corps, and did what they call . swe . ar over t-,onstitution, that is to ray, shout Viva la Constauczon isithe ceremony of placing the lapide, which,. by the way, t e r w aYs of wood. The town is illuminated, and order gas in the Royal Sitio of San Ildefonso.' ' , Fr int e iri my knowledge of the honour, impartiality, and z,L. B genee of the gentleman who has favoured me with ille.narrative, I can vouch for its strict accuracy, of i s 1 1 , 8 11 , indeed, it bears internal evidence. The occurrence "'n ill Madrid. It is known that the Ministers are in possession of the Royal Decree P.m 6'3 celebration of the • he st!tution of 1812, and the utmost agitation prevails in in of of the people. The Ministers have been sitting is e:uneil the whole morning. and General Quesada, who ofnstantly at their en - Jow; has been engaged in provi ororg the Park, and erectino. works as in anticipation ( ) Cat e 8 le g e . The p• erecting is a large house at the end of Na e 111"/ a, irk the Palace of Godoy, Prince of the ad apted nst r the _e• It is v.sed as a depot for the artillery, and from licl:ton of the grounds about it seems admirably do e h led , ',,r a fortress. The patrols also have been of on ~ 41 the streets. A determined resistance is spoken Dec r e e o part o f th e Mi n i stry, who contend that the Royal te kt is in va lid , h av i ng been signed under coercion and 4 °1 % It is also said to have been signed under a pro -411, ' and that intimation has been sent by her Majesty that T,oldie°nsiders herself a prisoner in the hands of a suborned snok e e t Y• The marchiog of troops to San Ildefonso is to o ~,,n ", 4 ; but, in the first place, the garrison is already syst o , ea .K• for the duty required of them under the repressive ltl. let i: I n Vogue here ; in the next, it is highly questionable Tutheerr,the troops would fight against their brethren ; and all thee, it It is whispered, that besides a general tendency in the t . ,' " l 'nePs to the Constitutional side of the question, q4,44:t_ r , , 1 of Provincials here, corresponding to that teal Sym e . at San Ildefonso has manifested such unequivo "arra-et-'l.°ms of insubordination, that it is confined to its i°r4 ia - t ' ' ' ' s unde r a guard. Intelligence has arrived of the f 4 n t Val e t r oin o f niu•ata and proclamation of the Constitution „r th e ,we regular troops and National Guards . uniting ot ''nole ,ITuroe. These examples are seductive. The goo n, Andalusia Saragossa, and the greater part of Ara 'econa g. no w Valencia to be followed, no doubt, by all the tlia, 5 ,.-tY tow ns ve 'eillost of that province, and the whole of Catalo rv,,,oen,. ate a 0 ' open revolt agrinst the Queen's Go inio,i4notlle 4th instant. late 4 -4 , ist ' General Don Manuel de Soria, ~ ee°rdin n er of War with the present Ministry, achieved I tl)e1 g t ° his own ~.. s under th e account, a splendid victory . over the ',kite actin.. , . command of the noted chieftain Quilez. t metw een 7 Look place in the neighbourhood of Fortane e, b earl y „,.,twenty and thirty leagues from Valencia, and salt wduway between that town and Saragossa. The re fan th e e ' the loss of t Part f rom 250 to 300, besides wounded, we kil l of the enemy, at no greater sacrifice than 4,0 'lied and B '''' OD, even wounded on the part of the Queen's 4 , 2 eite. ' ThlB is the official account published in the vord o „ , c ollat e - " a nas rin arei , lately accomplished another march and I,lllhjeet. H is ' and published a glorifying dispatch upon the °lee i• ills rants within the last few weeks have 2, li literally folio d Fr om it asw :-1. From Villarcayo to Reynosa. e Co_ eYnosa to Aguilar de Campo. 3. From Aguilar iaPo t 0 Arera de Pisuerga. 4. From Arera de Pi- • suerga to Aguilar do \ ' ,naek Arera de Campo'. Back t arn to flk;HI:t: de Calopo. 7. And hoW gl.o"i i i l Cie Campo to Reynosa. Profound stra t°..T.Z.ki combinations, hidden from the vulgar sight, have no doubt dictated these different movements ; and no won der that both master and man complain of the fatigues they undergo in ins Cant Wiarehing after the I MA: 14, Seszbat.= Utiliost agitation prevails. The Nat'onal Otiards l Who receive secret intelligence from San ilderon?:10, are gathering arms, wherever they can get dim. The troops arc a l so 41 Infbrtiled kir What is going on in that quarter., and i ci theiliseiVes to be in a painful predicament i hilt they have not yet emancipated them solve% :tom the habit of military subordinating; and they stand, besides, instinctively in awe et the (:2aPtaiii . zgeneral ; as, indeed, does the WhHI4 Dblitliation of Madrid, flying pre cipit,atekv ttt hIS approach like frightened sheep from a iVell't Troops of all arms—horse, foot, and artillery --=oc cupy the streets. Fourteen pieces of Militia have been wheeled int o p os iti on iti . th e principal thoroughfares, with their gentierh besides them, ready to apply the match upon al@ Word of command. The reason of all this deadly ap paratus is to be found in the open manifestations of the in habitants in favour of the Constitution. These were first shewn at the Puerta del Sol to-day, a spot which, as I think I have before explained, is regarded as the centre of the city, all the principal streets running into it. Crowds of the better order of people assemble here daily to discuss politics, scandal, and the weather, bask ing in the sunshine in winter, and shifting their locum standi with the circling shade in the summer. They were in groups rather denser than usual this morning, and shortly after twelve o'clock, a sudden and tumul tuous cry, as by concert, burst forth of Viva. la Constitu tion. These cries, and all others, without discrimination whatever, have been prohibited, upon pain of instant death, in the streets, by General Quesada. The Foot Guards, on duty at the Post-office, seemingly expecting an attack, handled their arms, fixed bayonets, and examined the primings of .the muskets, as though each man anticipated that he would be presently called upon to defend his own life from the onset of some unseen foe. We all expected to be mowed down by the musketry of these grim-looking savages, who, although upon ordinary occasions a fine soldierly body of men, seemed to my eyes positively ugly at this moment. According to the merciful dispensations of the Captain-wral, the whole body o f s p ecta t ors , i n the midst of who g 4these cries, arose, were legitimate food for powder, and every man was liable to be shot where he stood. The cuirassiers, also on duty at the Post-office, spurred their horses against the crowd, thre a t en i ng th em with their swor d s . The people only raised their voices the louder, keeping back the horses with their canes, and appealing energetically to the men not to shed the blood of their countrymen uselessly, telling them that the Queen had decreed the Constitution—that all Spain was up in arms for it ; and that nothing could delay for 24 hours longer its proclamation in Madrid,: calling upon• them at the same time to join in crying, Viva la Constitucion, Viva Isabel 11., Viva la Reina Gobernadora, &c. The con fusion of voices baffles description. The soldiers were evidently unmanned. They could do nothing but threaten ; they had not the nerve to put their threats in execution. After this had continued some time, the officer in command of the detachment, a subaltern, yielding to the generous feelings of the moment, and forgetting for a while that he was-a soldier, placed himself in front of his men, and re turning his sword to tie scabbard, cried Viva la Constitu eion ! The men, taking the word of command from their officer, promptly followed his example, sheathed their swords, and uttered the magic viva. The Foot Guards still held out, and seemed intractable, until Barutell, the military Governor of Madrid, who was inside the square of the Post-office, with a view, as afterwards alleged, to avoid the shedding of blood, came forward and directed them to follow the example of their comrades. This was done, and all was joy from that moment in the Puerta del Sol and its vicinity. It was rapidly spread through the town that Barutell had placed himself at the head of the movement in Madrid. National Guards showed themselves in the streets, and repairing to the Puerta del Sol fraternized with the troops, between whom and the proscribed Nationals mutual cheers and vivas were exchanged. The scene, however, was soon to be changed. Between twelve and two o'clock fresh detachments of troops ;marched on the ground, but they took no notice of the vivas with which they were greeted. At two General Quesada, attended by a distinguished staff and troop of horse, made his appearance at the top of Calle Canetas, a street which descends into the Puerta del Sol. When he arrived near the bottom, the whole party suddenly dtew their swords. The dragoons rode at full speed among the groups collected in front of the fountain, pursuing them along the pavement for some distance up Calle Geronima. Many were thrown down and trampled upon, and some fell whilst endeavouring to escape the danger ; but I do not think there were any sabre wounds. The General himself, with his staff, wheeled rapidly round to the front of the Post-office, facing the Cuirassiers and Foot Guards, who had declared for the Constitution. It was by a similar act that General Canterac lost his life upon this same spot last year, when the Post-office guard had been seduced. by Cardcro. The presence of the Captain-General, how ever, upon this occasion, seemed to inspire all with terror and repentance. He spoke a few words harshly to the Cuirassiers, bidding them remember their oaths. Their officer he ordered to his quarters, and the young man sullenly departed, havinc , first canvassed the coun t enances of his men, as th oug h' he would have carried his revolt further than words. But he met with no encouragement from his troopers, who were evidently cowed by the rank and characters of the officers who stood before them. The Captain-General dismounted, and remained nearly half an hour giving directions for strengthening the po sition. Upon going away he took the compromised troops with him. Some people who had been allowed to assemble cried Muera Quesada ! (death Quesada) as he turned his his back. He instantly turned to round and faced them. They all fled with precipitation. In like manner, in tra versing the streets, when a similar cry was raised from a window or from a spectator, he always halted and looked towards the place from whence the voice came. The hatred against him is so great that it was thought nothing skort of assassination could result from the manner in which he exposed himself in the streets, sometimes attended only by a couple of orderlies. He went to different parts of the town where the public feeling was manifesting itself, and always dispersed the groups in the same manner as at the Puerta del Sol. This was not everywhere effected without bloodshed. In the Plazuela del Cabada a considerable crowd had collected. Among these, about eighteen National Guards of the cavalry and some of the foot . had assembled, uttering Vivas to the Constitution. A party of one of the battalions of the Reina Gobernadora advanced under the orders of the Captain-General to disperse them. Colonel Calvet, a most distinguished officer, covered with wounds, and well known as a Liberal, remonstrated with the National Guards, telling them that he had orders to fire upon them ; but he would prefer seeing them abandon the ground without compelling him to re sort to that alternative. He was answered by a uni versal cry of Viva la Constitution ! and a shot from be hind one of the market stalls brought him mortally wounded to the ground. His soldiers, upon this, fired volleys among the Nationals and the crowd, several of whom were wounded. A National Guard, named Goldoni, much looked up to by his comrades, was killed on the spot ; and two of the Reina Gobernadora were wounded, and one killed. In consequence of this occurrence, the Captain- General has issued an order to the commanding officers of corps to fire upon every National Guard they meet in uni form, and upon all groups seditiously disposed. About 500 National Guards, with arms, bad concea l e d themselves in the church of San Basilio, intending when further rein forced to sally forth. The Captain-General brought up a hundred men and a piece of artillery, which he planted against the door, giving the Nationals five minutes to surrender. The door of the church was opened from within before the prescribed time had expired. A large portion of the men escaped, but 150 were marched to prison. In this manner have things been going on here to-day. Some of the principal thoroughfares are entirely stopped by large bodies of military, who desire all persons to keep within their houses, if they do not wish to expose themselves to danger. One cannot traverse a single street without being challenged half a dozen times by sentinels, who give small law as to time for reply. General Seoane has for some days given in his resigna tion of the command of the Royal Guard, disapproving of the conduct of the Captain-General in disarming the Na tional Guards, for whose fidelity and good conduct he of fered to be responsible with his head, if allowed to take their command. AUGUST 15.—Madrid again respires the atmosphere of freedom. Mendez Vigo has returned from San Ildefonso with the decrees for the removal of the Ministry, the veteran Senor Calatrava being appointed to form a new Ministry. General Seoane has been made Captain- General in place of Quesada. One of the decrees or ders the immediate revival of the National Guards, who are showing themselves everywhere in the streets with loud vivas for the Constitution. The soldiers have all disap peared. General Seoane rides through the pnblic streets, attended only by three or four National guards of the cavalry. Shouts of congratulation and patriotic vivas rend the air. People are seen embracing each other as friends or brothers perilous jour ne y. Th e w w b b n o le ha p v n e pu m ia e t t i 0 n aft i e s r in a t lo h n e g starnee d ts, ,and the town seems drunk with joy. People are gatherin g " the Post office, demanding from Gen. Rodil, thd new Minister of War, as it is understood, the heads of Quesada, Isturiz. and Galiano. The answer is that the first has escaped, A strict search is making for the others. By Royal Decree Senor Ferrer (wbo is in France ? by . , the way) is made Minister Of Einance; and Aerior 6ril de is Cuadra, Minister for the Home fiepartan6nt, TEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.—The unhappy man who was yesterday the military despot of this town, holding all in terror of his name and person, is now a mangled corpse. General quesada, lin paid with the forfeit of his life the penalty hii unauthorised or, as some say, of his stern fidelity to the secret orders of his Sovereign. He concealed himself this morning in a carpet warehouse near the gate of St. 43arbara ; Wt tit 11660 fining unsafe / Ile set out for a place called ortaleza, a leagtle and half Nth MCI lrid; attended by 40 servants. He was recognised on the road whilst making ,a difdiiit to avoid the village, and upon notice Hein givh / Adrefai National Guards of Hortaleza, with the Alcalde, pursued / and after klliiti drld of his attendants, succeeded in making him prisoner. He was conddcted to Hortaleza amidst the jeers and insults of his captors, and there lodging In confinement, Meanwhile, some officious person brought the news to Madrid, and nearly three thou sand people, in a state of great excitement, took the road to Hortaleza. Among these were many National Guards and some cuirassiers, who went (the latter) to protect him, it is said. They were, however, too Into. He was mur dered in his prison, his person mutilated in a manner that will not admit of description, and the bloody relics brought as trophies to Madrid. In the Cafe Nuevo, the resort of the principal inhabitants, his cars have been ex hibited amid shouts of exultation and merriment ; and truth forces me to add that this has been done by persons in the uniform of the National Guards. People are show ing joints of his fingers about in the streets. Some show his walking-stick, his hat, or pieces of his garments, relating the manner in which they became possessed of them to an admiring audience, and then shouting Vim la Liberlad ! Songs have already been composed in barbarous couplets, which girls, boys, and men in uniform, are singing about the streets. This untamed ferocity in a people possessing so many high qualities is the fault, it must be observed, of those who have so long governed them, and done so little to reclaim them from the original state of •ignorance and barbarity. I give you . the rollowing interesting and minute account of the proceeding at San lldefonso from an intelligent and impartial eye-witness of much that passed : " SAN ILDEFONSO, AUG. 15 AND 16.—0 n the 18th instant, according to the agreement' with the Queen on the previous night, the troops formed, and, with much mi litary pomp, placed the inscription of Viva Isabel 11. yla Constitution' in the Plaza. The ceremony was presided over by Senor San Roman and his staff; the officers joined their men, and assisted at the proceeding at the request of the Queen Regent. The troops consisted of about 200 Royal Guards, 160 Provincial Guards, 70 Grenadiers t cheval ; the Guardias de Cuerpo, about 80 men, and the Salvaguar dias, 17, all on horseback, with a couple of riles of the National Guard of the place. Three Vivas were given, and given with equal fervour—Viva la Reyna Isabel ll. Viva la Constitution—Viva la Reyna Gobernadora ! The soldiery, who had assumed the command of the place, were apparently obedient on parade, and wore all the day an air of confidence and ease. Few or no excesses were committed. The Queen Regent did not take her usual drive ; and the Queen Isabel 11. confined her drive to the gardens, thus not going out of the gates. The residents in the town were permitted to walk out of the gate, and might have left the town without molestation. The Sub secretario de Estado, Don Julian Villalba, arrived from Madrid, and returned without difficulty. " On the 14th the Minister of War, Mendez Vigo, ar rived ; after seeing the Queen, he summoned some of the sergeants, and told them that it was necessary that the Queen should go to Madrid that evening, and that, of course, they would make no objection, and would accom pany her. The sergeants, &c. (I am told) did not dissent, and left the Minister of War ; he imagined he had suc ceeded, and requested the English Minister, and the French special diplomatique Agent, M. Bois le Comte, in the illness of M. de Rayneval, the French Ambassador, to accompany her Majesty to Madrid, at five o'clock in the afternoon. " The sergeants, &c., however, had no sooner left the presence of Mendez Vigo than the centinels in every direc tion were doubled : every avenue about the palace and gar dens was guarded, and the gates were closed ; no one, of whatever class or rank, being permitted to pass, except common soldiers. In the interior of the palace a guard was placed over the Alcoba of her Majesty the Queen Isabel IL, relieved every hour, each fresh centinel ascertaining that she was actually in the apartment. " The confidence of the morning was changed into dis trust and alarm. The letters from Madrid had been all delivered without difficulty, and now no communication of any kind was admitted from Madrid—the result of Mendez Vigo's indiscreet address to the sergeants, a measure which he took in direct opposition to the Queen's opinion. Her Majesty told him what she felt certain would be the result : he persisted, and immediately converted the whole Sitia into a close prison. Ali this time no - chief showed himself —the soldiery appeared nothing but a disorderly rabble, acting without head ; nevertheless, a sergeant of the Pro vincial Guards was seen from time to time busy, and was known to give orders, which a pp eare d t o b e i m pli c itly obeyed. H did not act alone, for at other times he was seen holding council with others, and these councils were held in the open air, and attended by any soldiers that chose to thrust in their heads and raise their voices. " Mendez Vigo was accompanied by the Commandant. Villalonga, of the 4th Regiment—that is the revolted regi ment of the Guard—an officer who had strenuously fought with this regiment through the war, and whose bravery and frankness had made him popular with his regiment. He went to their quarters, and was received with enthusiasm by the men. He made them a speech, and reprehending their conduct, proposed that they should return with him to Madrid. They shouted unanimopsly they would go with their brave commander to the end of the world. He had not left them half an hour before he was told they had al tered their minds, and that not one would move—they had seen their instructors. " About two this day Mendez Vigo called together a crowd of soldiers out of the gates and harangued them, giv ing them his word of honour that what had been promised should be faithfully observed : that he had often. led theni in the field—that he was never known to deceive them, &c., &c., if they would only permit the Queen to depart. " No, no !" was the universal cry ; and as he talked on they began to leave him. Seeing there was nothing to be done, he returned within the crates, whereupon they set up suc cessive shouts of Vivalifina! Viva Espartero ! Muera Quesada I—Viva San Roman !' " Immediately on the return of Mendez Vigo to the Pa lace, a council was held, at which M. Villiers and M Bois le Comte attended. As a result of this consultation, Mendez Vigo came out and again addressed a crowd of sol diers, and offered, as a guarantee, that the Government would carry into effect the promises of the Queen, the word of honour of the foreign Ministers of England and France. The No, no ! ' was repeated. He then asked what they wanted—if they had not got what they desired ? Yes— but they were not sure that they should not be deceived ; and for a guarantee, they required, Ist, that the arms of _the National Guard of Madrid should be returned to them ; the 2d, they should come to San Ildcfonso, or at least, meet them half-way, and enter the capital with them in triumph ; and, 3d, that the Ministry should be immediately changed. " In the course of the night the soldiers chose a deputa tion of sergeants, of whom Garcia, the chief of the revolt, was one. These terms were in a great measure agreed to, and Calatrava was appointed Minister of State ; Ferrer of Finance ; Gil de la Cuadra, of the Interior ; Seoane, Cap tain-General ; Rodil, in the place of San Roman, Inspec tor General of Provincials ; and Ulloa, Minister of Marine. " Before, however, this had been settled, Mendez Vigo had attempted to return. About six o'clock, he arrived at the gate in his carriage ; he was stopped ; he attempted to persuade them to let him go on ; he was prevented,— made to get down out of his carriage, and walk a prisoner like all the rest of us. " After the articles of agreement had been signed by the Queen and the sergeants in the night, Mendez Vigo again set out for Madrid to carry, the decrees into execution. He was starting with the'deputation of sergeants. At the gate, however, he was refused exit as well as the deputation. The soldiers about the gate said they were betrayed, and that the Minister should not go, and that they would go and tell the Queen so. The Minister of War, the deputation, ser geants, and about twenty soldiers, went up to the Palace, and,entered the Queen's apartment. Thci yspokegnan was a musician of the Provincial Guard. He said, We won't let the Minister of War go till the decrees are puti nto exe cution at Madrid.' The Queen replied, that the Minister of War was going for that very purpose. She said,— ' Have you no confidence in your own deputation, who arc going with him to see it done ?' Answer—' No, you are deceiving us. When did I ever deceive you ?' asked her Majesty. Can any one say that be ever heard a word from my mouth that I did not fulfil ?' Whereupon one of the soldiers came forward. He said, Yes, you deceived me, I was at Mendigorria, and was promised a cross." That,' said her Maj,sty, must have been the fault or mistake of my generals ; for I did not know that that promise had not been fulfilled in every case, as it certainly has in nearly, if not all.' Here the musician interposed, saying, Your Majesty, it is no use talking ; let us see the deerees.' The decrees were all formally sealed and packed up. Her Majesty said, Vigo, read them the decrees, since they have no confidence in what their own cbief , , chosen by themselves, have agreed to, and are satisfied with.' Here upon the leader, Sergeant Garcia, began exclaiming, Yes, your Majesty, it is time to tell it. ; it was I who made this revolution ; I planned and executed it ; it was I who commanded every thing, and now these scoundrels distrust me ; this is the payment I get,' and he burst into tears and threw himself into a chair. The General was obliged to open and read the decrees--at the en d o f each Oil': II ih, Opp ,p : 4rty i m tip ? ated „their, crscrtt in the best man pro (hey could, at, the•tirop;• ' Now,' said one ofitem, let i?:', P 1 43-..:-Idt ihef4eneral s,lta'n't,.go ;' and all the rest agreed with him. ' iatit iii 144;4 wayai.9 the decrees to be put into execution ? If you go to 11114 rid with the decrees, who will believe you ? It is absolutely neceisey that a M.inister should carry them." The General sh a 'nt go.' 1 'hen !ft e:ltat !Try will you have the orders exe cuted ?" In some other: 114. 'rite 441~001ty was, how ever, at length got over—they made a EVe!e',:;e . itt their de putation. I believe the musician was added to it. i And now,' said one of the soldiers, 'all we have to do is to kiss yon f Majesty's hand; and her Majesty graciously pre sented her hati , l, which was gallantly saluted, one of the party making a long haratigae ; bwitling Iser Majesty's hand the while, about the blood he said he had spilt tot her hos hand and her daughter. " Tiiis night all letters put into the park (the particular box devoted to royal and official letters) were taken and read by Sergeant Garcia, sd %tcre all those that arrived from Madrid the next morning, the RA (Monday). The letters were read in a room of the barracks of the Body Guards ; all were preeent that could cram themselves into the room. The sergeant was atsisted in his task by Body Guards and others, each opening the letters he pleased, and reading the contents aloud, some of the letters being received with ill:ante of laughter, especially one to the Queen from the mother or Munoz, and another to the Mas ter of the Horse, about the medical treaptvaent pursued by the groom to a sick mare. • " This morning the sergeant kept his word d§ JO the diplomatic dispatches, so far as to send to the house of the English Minister a great part of the correspondence, but in 1 a most disgraceful condition : the covers were torn off a great many of the letters, and the public dispatches were altogether miseings The sergeant was remonstrated with : his tone was very ariiidt 'hanged ; he apologised for his warmth the preceding evening, atm# swore he had returned everything ; that he and others had only namined the cor respondence in order to see if it contained anything from Madrid. When told much was missing, and that, as he said he believed he had put every thing back into the bag, he was probably mistaken, and in his hurry had left some letters lying in the room where the examination took place, he said no, and offered to go to the place. He was accom panied to his lodgings in abarrack, near the gate, where his wife and family were. There, in the dust-hole, a variety of torn letters and envelopes were found. " The communications from Madrid were not altogether satisfactory to the mutineers, for it appeared by the letters of the park that Quesada still held Madrid in complete subordination. Consequently we were still all kept in ri gorous imprisonment, no person being allowed to approach the gates, or tend any message or leiter out of the place ; one of the park letters displeased the sergeant, and he said aloud in the room, this man (to whom the letter was ad dressed) must be shot. It was the Secretary in charge of the War-office. He sent off a file of soldiers to arrest him—some one on hearing his exclamation had run off to give him notice, so that when the soldiers arrived at the inn he was gone. Not finding him, the soldiers put all the glentlemen, stayers at the inn, under arrest : they were General Soublette, the Minister from Venezuela ; the Marquis of La Greca, Char g e d'Affaires of Naples ; the Conde d e P un on Rostro, and another. They were kept in arrest upwards of two hours, Later in the day the telegraph announced that the Mi nister and deputation had been well received in Madrid, that the Constitution was about to be sworn, and that the new Minister of State, Calatrava, had accepted, and was to return in the night with the deputation. Things began to wear a somewhat less sombre air. The soldiers, our masters and keepers, looked less savage, and. people seemed to walk about with somewhat less apprehension. " In the afternoon some cannon, which had been sent for from Segovia, arrived with a procession of all the troops in that place—about a couple of hundred men. The gar rison went out to meet them, and returned in triumph, colours flying, music playing, and Sergeant Garcia at their head on horseback. They marched directly up to the palace, where they made the Queen, come out on the bal cony with her two children to salute them. Sergeant Garcia was still in his foraging cap and jacket, but covered with green ribbons, the constitutional colour. " A short time afterwards he went up to the Palace to resign his command to the Queen, which he/transferred to the commandant of the Royal Guards ; he has since pre tended to have no power, and the fact is, that they were already disobeying him—but since he nominally gave up his command. The Minister and the deputation have ar rived (early this morning, Tuesday, the 16th), and every body has the full assurance that the Constitution is adopted and proclaimed, and that therefore these mutineers arc safe in the success of their enterprise. There has been the greatest difficulty in persuading theni to march to Madrid ; they insisted on taking the Queen in the midst of them ; and her departure has been fixed and unfixed half-a-dozen times at the will of the soldiery, who, having been accus tomed for the last-three-days-to.play-tho tyrant, do not like to give up the post. It is at length, however, agreed that her Majesty and her children shall start to-morrow, Wednesday, at twelve o'clock ; that the troop, which has at length gone out, shall await her on the road ; and that the Queen Regent, Queen Isabella 11., the Infanta, the Ministers, the Guards, and the Provincials, together with the companies of the National Guards of Madrid, who are expected to meet them on the road, are all to make a triumphant entry into the capital. " The troops having left this place, the Count San Ro man,Ronchi, and other fugitives, have appeared again. The Count San Roman was sought all over the town this morn ing to be shot—for no other reason than that Quesada had been assassinated at Madrid. _ . . " The Queen, all through this history of violence offered to her person, and that of her daughter, by their own guards, has conducted herself with a presence of mind, firmness, and ability, which have surprised and delighted all those around her, or who have witnessed her deport ment. In fact her judgment and good sense, not to men tion her immoveable courage, raised her far above her Ge nerals and advisers." M. de Rayneval died yesterday afternoon, at half-past six. His complaint was a pttlnzonia, caught in traversing the mountains between Madrid and San Ildefonso ; but the affairs of that place, detailed above, no doubt weighed upon his mind. Madame do Itayneval was kept in Madrid, in ignorance of the dangerous illness of her husband. ADDRESS OF THE CAPTAIN-GENERAL. " Soldiers and National Guards !—Her Majesty the Queen Governess on taking, and commanding all the mo narchy to take, the oath to the Constitution promulgated at Cadiz in 1812, has been pleased to confer on me the Cap taincy-General of this province. In any other country less judicious, and with soldiers who had not given such proofs of discipline, love to liberty and to the throne, as you have, perhaps I should have thought this situation superior to my feeble strength, already tired enough with so many troubles and fatigues ; but with soldiers and National Guards like yourselves, mine is not a heavy command, and all charges are light and simple. " Soldiers and National Guards !—The motherly token with which our august Queen Governess has just accredited to the world her solicitude without end for the Spaniards, has closed an immense precipice at our feet. All schism, all doubt, and even the pretexts which a few hours ago might have divided us, are at an end. Those who yester day could have considered themselves as enemies, are to day united by the same bonds, and may be called brothers from the bottom of their hearts. " Soldiers and National Guards ! Nothing remains for you to do as citizens, but to bless the hour in which so many anxieties and uncertainties have ceased. As military men we are always in duty bound to observe the most se vere discipline, for which end you will find me always at at your head, as I was a short time back with many of you in the field of Navarre. " ANTONIO SEAONE. " Madrid, Aug. 15, 1836." ‘4lnbabit an t s o f M a d r id ! — H onoure d b y the confidence which th e Q ueen G overness h as reposed in me, on confer ring upon . me th e c h arge o f Capta i n-General of this pro vince, I consider it a duty to address to you my voice to calm your anxiety, and to entreat you that at this moment more than in any other situation, do you give marked signs of your judgment and love of order. Her M a j esty h as resolved that the oath to the Consti tution promulgated at Cadiz in the year 1812, shall be given in all the provinces of the monarchy ; the raising of the state of siege recently put upon this heroic town, and the formation of the National Guard ; inditing at the same time other Government measures proper for the most prompt realization of these important dispositions. " Far from honest men be cries of vengeance and ex cesses, under whatever pretext or form they might appear and let the g oo d di st i ngu i s h t h emse l ves b y t h e respect f u l care with which they revere the dispositions of the law, that not mean passion nor any impure act may stain one of the most glorious days of our history. " Inh a bi tants of Madrid! Nation-al Guards of all arms! —To fulfil the serious charge which I have dared to accept, I have reckoned on your decision and respect for that re vered code. Full of a noble confidence in you, lam sure I shall h ave no occas i on to ma k e use o f my authority to repress di sor d ers, an d my ar d ent, my on ly wish is, not to find myself deceived in this hope which flatters Ing hly my heart ; but if b y a m i s f ortune I s h ou ld find myselfin the unexpected ca se , th a t some ma li gnan t individuals wished to disturb public tranquillity, my blood, so many times spilt on the field o f b att l e, will be the first w!iich you sha ll s?e tun in defence of such precious objects. t , Madrid, Aug. 15." .6 ANTONIO SEOANE. A UGUST 16 AND 17.—The town has been illuminated these three nights. Soldiers and National Guards go arm in-arm through the streets singing the Tragala, Riego's Hymn, &c., with frantic gestures. The authorities have proclaimed the Constitution, and placed the stone in the Pith Mayor, which is now christened " Plaza de la Con stitucion." . The Queen arrived tilfV al/ et half-past six. She was greeted by at least 100,000 people'eTavtwbted on the Prado and in flYe principal streets with the ntttio.si errthugias.m. There is not tt!tf wlightest appearance of any towlenicy to a disturbance of the piit,S, peace. The Cortes, it i§ Wl derstood, will not meet, the opttiton being that it would not be a legal body. .Count Toreno, the Mamtlis de Mirallores, and difitYrif cif Ib t class, have left Madrid. Tht mail from Saragossa camel ft'etetti.ity, Don Basilio having abatidaned his position at Medinadot FURTHER PARTIMAR9, The Gazette of yesterday contains the nomination of ' Brigadier Don Andres Garcia Camba, lately, arrived from the Manilla Islands, to be ad interim War Minister; of Don Jose Lander° y Corchado, a distinguished lawyer, to be ad interim Minister of Justice ; and Don Miguel Moreno, to be ad interim Minister of Marine ; and, during the ab sence of Don Joaquin Maria Ferrer, now at the baths of Bagnares, of Don Mariana jEgea, to act as Minister of Firianec. Notwithetonding the sudden transition from the most violent dictation 14) positive liberty, Madrid is tranquil. The Spanish Liberals, who value the good opinion of Eng land more than of any other nation in the world, are ex ceedingly anxious to know how the news will be received of their efforts in favour of freedom : they fear that their cause may be represented in an erroneous sense. The de nornination.of " anarchists," which they disclaim with all theft might, has been latterly bestowed by their adversaries on them with more than ordinary liberality. The friends of the late Administration and of the Afrancesados dwell with emphasis on the smallest error which they can discover in the conduct of the new Administration. Several members of the exploded Chamber of Proceres are peculiarly re markable in their opposition ; yet it is said to arise rather from faction% than from patriotic motives. M. Mendizabal, upon whom the whole weight of the unworthy accusations of the late Ministry has fallen. still preserves his sangfroid ; he has declared that he will not enter into the Ministry, while at the same time he is eager to give his most sincere support to the acts of the new Go vernment. Many of those who supposed that Spain would never have been able to consolidate its liberties, appear now to change their opinions, and allow that something " good may come out of Madrid." The National Guard of this capital, notwithstanding their harsh treatment by Isturiz and Quesada, appear willing to conciliate. This is the true spirit of liberality, which for gives and forgets past offences, while at the same time it makes use of experience to prevent the repetition of them. The rebels in the provinces, as well as the Carlists in this capital, appear to feel the effects of the late movements ; ,heir calculations arc all overturned, and now in order to gain they have no chance but to bamboozle the French people. I confess that entertaining the highest respect for the enterprise, the integrity, the chivalry, and high sense of honour of the French nation, I shall watch with redoubled attention the proceedings of their Government in connection with Spain. With no preju dice in favour of Spaniards or Frenchmen, I respect the noble qualities of both, and in particular of the former ; for to every child of freedom who loves a free country, this third effort of the Spaniards must inspire the most chival rous sympathy. Twice through barefaced deceit they lost, yet a third time they try their fate for the sake of liberty, and base indeed must be the son of Britain—sunken must be the spirit of his native country, forgotten must be be the great deeds of his ancestors—if his heart does not beat in accord with the glory-awaking cause of the liberals of Spain. Yesterday the soldiers of the garrison and the National Guard of the capital took the oaths to the Constitution, which have been already pledged to by the army of the centre, and by numerous parts of the country. Hard as it may appear, the Constitution of 181'2 has been adopted, not as the sole system, but still as an egis against greater evils. That Constitution is henceform . to form the basis of the new system, and the world will have to decide whether it, with the amendments which it must undergo, be not infi nitely preferable to the Estatuto Real of Martinez de la Rosa, or the arrangement lately adopted by Isturiz, as the basis of his system. The city has been decorated during the day with tapestry, and illuminated at night with the same brilliancy as on the two preceding nights. Mr. Villiers, the British Minister, returned this evening from La Granja. His house has not, to the surprise of the Spaniards, been illuminated on any one of the last three nights. SAN SEBASTIAN, Auc. 18.—Yesterday, Gen. Evans re embarked on board the Isabel 11. steamer, for Santander and Santona, the object being to renovate his health by another excursion, and also to inspect personally the state of the Bth Regiment, which since its departure from San Sebastian conducts itself in a very discreditable manner, and had declared its intention to cease to serve on the 19th instant (to-morrow.) Colonel de Laney, Deputy Adjutant-General, also em barked in the Isabel 11., and will proceed from Santander to Madrid, in order to remonstrate with the Spanish Go vernment as to the critical state in which the Legion is placed by the want of funds to continue the payment of the officers and men. He takes with him the official state ment of the arrears due for pay and allowances, amounting to nearly 70,0001. sterling, and his instructions to declare to Ministers that unless this be paid, and the funds lodged for the regular monthly supplies, it will be impossible for this auxiliary force to be kept together. In fact the gua rantee given by the house of Vasquez, of Bordeaux, for the payment of the contractor's accounts for meat, does not extend beyond the end of this month ; and as the bills which were accepted by the Treasury Department have been returned protested for want of payment, no one will undertake to furnish provisions without a guarOtec. It would be very agreeable to me if I could h'el war ranted in saying that the Legion had improved since mY last. The 10th Regiment continues in a state of diso)*- ganization. All the men have been settled with up to the end of June ; therefore they have no reason to complain ; but the disorganizing principle has been too radically in stilled into them to be neutralized by any appeal to feelings of justice or propriety. Their officers have little or no influence over them. Symptoms of insubordination have also been displayed in the 7th Regiment, which had hitherto been orderly. The artillerymen have continued to conduct themselves well. The Lancers, too, have behaved extremely well. A parapet and two embrasures ha`ve been made by the Girlies on the Ametzagana hill, but there are not any guns yet mounted. The force in this neighbourhood con tinues small. At Passages a twenty-four pounder has been mounted on the summit of a mountain, under the direction of Captain Maitland, of his Majesty's ship Tweed. A six and a twelve pounder are also mounted on other points ; a party of the Legion artillery went to-day to work these guns. Passages, and all the approaches thereto, are completely secured against every attack by Lord John Hay's and these batteries. The Royal Marines continue on duty at Passages.: they are healthy, and, as usual, efficient. A. P.S. Yesterday despatches a:".rived from Madrid for General Evans ; they were iminediatcii forwarded to him by his Majesty's ship Ph(rni.r. They were :narked on the envelope " most urgent." BAYONNE, AUG. '2O. The official intelligence of the proclamation of the Con stitution by the Queen Regent was published here this morning. The confirmation of the important news appeared to give great satisfaction in this all but Spanish city. The Sous Prelet has received directions, through the me dium of a telegraphic despatch, not to move the deserters from the British Legion until further orders. They were to have marched this morning. This change of intention on the part of the French Government evidently proceeds from the strong remonstrances addressed to it by our authorities both here and at Paris. The general expectation is that they will be marched back to St. Sebastian, and from thence em barked to England. This is all General Evans desires. He merely wishes that it may not go forth to the discon tented of the Legion, that the French Government arc willing to abet their desertion by giving them a free passage to England. I cannot help looking to the decision of the French Government with some anxiety, for I am convinced there is more in the proceeding than at first glance meets the eye. The announcement in the French papers that General Cordova had arrived here, ea route to Bordeaux, is alto gether without foundation. He is still with the army in the north. although deprived of the command-in-chief, he is at the head of the body of troops sent towards the mountains of Leon to watch Gomez .and his p ar t y . It would appear that Don Carlos's plan of punishing the parents folry Within n desertion t ofefnt.hdeai days cahtikAlrieunuiesia eightiactiven op ra t : on. unfor tunate old men received on this account each 500 lashes. LISBON. AUGUST fa—The Portuguese Government, in order to encourage its shipping and navigation, which have been gradually declining, have, with a view of animating both, hit upon the expedient of granting a bounty of 12,000 refs (equivalent to the duty of each pipe exported from Oporto) for every pipe of wine shipped on board national-built yes sels on th e i r fi rst voyage only from Oporto to G reat Bri tain ; the consequence ice, that several very line schooners of fr om 120 to 130 tons h ave w i t hi n t h ese l as t 18 months been co ns t ructe d i n t h e nort h o f t hi s ki ng dom and gone to Oporto to load, and thus the Portuguese are no w likely to. become the carriers, while the British vessels, once so, are quietly lookini on in the Douro, as it is well known that an English vessel cannot sail as cheap as Portuguese owners, to induce the expyci the preference, have not only reduce If .re 19 London 21., to Liverpool 2 /. fg + .ait0147 2 ports 3/. -Os, per tun of two pipes, ..I:404 Of ‘ G tun to either place, but actually gt \tbeitiJS4'.-iii t ~ credit for the freight after the dischar,, Itir '_'.: a-r. -- . ''i : 4, port of destination. These vessels, on te' ' '"' 1 1 T r---- Cbiut 250 pipes, by which the bounty amatfiti)p) of 7251., and freight 3751., making together 1,100/. for the fi: s.t trip—nearly the original cost of the vessel coinplete for se a (beside% any freight she may make hack), a voyage easily performed in two months. The recent establishment of insurance compavies tend materially to facilitate these operations, by which .imme— diate insurances csn be effected, without having recourse to order the same to be made in England, until very lately practised, at the following premiums, viz.:— Great Britain , ll to 11 per cent_ To and from ditto , 3 • ditto Lisbon to Brazils , 1 : 1- to 2 ditto Brazil to Lisbon Mediterranean . 14 to 11 ditto Lisbon to the Azores, or vice versa... 1 to 14 ditto Ditto on the round voyage 24 ditto Exchange 581 per milrei at 30 days' sight, and very little paper. The Opossum packet, with the mail of the 7th, arrived this afternoon. Auc. 17.—50 far as this week has gone, nothing of anyr moment has transpired, excepting an affray which took place at Fundao, to the northward, where the magistrate of that town was assassinated for being a devorisfa, the new appellation for a Ministerialist. By the Liveipooisteamer,;hiCh arrived on the 15th instant from Malaga, Gibraltar, and Cadiz, British cotton goods were permitted by the Junta of the former piaci" t" be admitted, for the space of 30 days, upon paying a duty of 16 per cent. ad valorem, and tobacco from any part free. Exchange 571 pence per milrei at 30 days' sight. This goes by . the Liverpool steamer, which ,sails tomor row morning with a few passengers and a small quantity of specie. M. DE ItAITNE VAL. (From the Constitutionnel.) moment e l n o : ra w at h ic en ci a rc a le re s. at c T ris h i i s s ap A p n e i a b r a s s i s n ad o o ,er a h ff a a s irs ex o p f ir s e p d ai i n tt : M. de Rayneval's death has caused a great sen sa ti o n in ata th m e a country ' l „..hich by its geographical position, an d b y t h e scenes which ail e now acting there, deserves all th e solici tude of the Frenet Government. By M. de Rayneve. "s death there remains for the m omen t but one Ambassador of high power at Madrid—M r . Vil liers, who represents Great Britain. The personal charac ter of the deceased diplo,".qatist contributes much to th e sensation excited by his dea,4ll, for he possessed to the highest degree the qualities ana even the faults of his sta tion. Unlike so many men of our clay, who owe their ele vation to political chances, M. de Rayneval, from his youth, went through the apprenticeship undergone by the ancient diplomatists. Son of an ancient functionary-, he was at an early age placed at the Ministere de l'lnterteur, and initia ted into the affairs ; he began his career under the Direc tory, and was successively attached to our embassies in Sweden, Russia, and Portugal. The first mission confided to him was a difficult one. He was Charge d Affoires in Portugal, under Napoleon, aird had to present at Lisbon the ultimatum which required the exclusion of all British ships from the ports of the king dom, the arrest of the English, and confiscation of their effects, as well as the reunion of the Portuguese to the French and Spanish navies. This mision failed, in spite of Napoleon's threat of sending an army to Portugal ; but M. de Rayneval, on his return to Paris, obtained the approba' tion of his Government, and received another equally diffi cult charge under Caulaincourt's 'Ministry, who sent hips to St. Petersburgh as First Secretary of Legation. The declaration of war in 1812 ended this mission. M. de Rayneval's career became more brilliant at the re3toration. He was first sent Consul General to London, doubtless to reward the part taken by him at the Chatillon Confe rences. During the 100 days he did not side with Napoleon. At the second Restoration he was made Secretary of the Chancery at the Ministry of the Interior, and under M. de Richelieu he became Under Secretary of State. Louis XVIII. sent him as Minister Plenipotentiary to Berlin, from whence he was sent to Switzerland as Ambassador. He was recalled in 1828, to occupy momentarily the place of Minister for Foreign Affairs, during the absence of M. de la Ferronays. After the Revolution of July, M. de Rayne val was one of the small number of diplomatists who remained in place. He was soon intrusted with the bril liant, but difficult part, at Madrid ; there was some idea of sending hint to Vienna, and replacing him at Madrid by M. de Rumigny. The Cabinet attached too much importance to his services to listen to his repeated entreaties to be re called from Madrid ; where be expired. IRELAND. Dublin, August 24.. TRADES' UNlON.—There was a meeting of the Union yesterday evening, at the Corn-Exchange, Mr. Holmes was called to the Chair. Mr. Martin reported the progress of the registry during the last registration. The Liberals.. gained a majority of 75, and they would have had many more, as at the dose there were two hundred good notices on the face of the books, but from the difficulty of persons in some instances getting their landlords to pay the taxes as per agreement, and in other instances of finding the tax men to pay them, for it was a fact that there was no such thing as finding a tax-man daring the registration. The Conservatives denied that they had so high a majority ; no doubt there were eleven fifty-pound freeholders registered that did not come before the registering Assistant-Barris ter, and Conservatives nine of them, which was certainty more than would vote for them ; but even giving them the nine, it would leave the Liberals still in a majority of sixty six. It was the intention of the Committee to put Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Henry Grattan in nomination for the city. CENTRAL INDEPENDENT CLUB.—A meeting of the Re- Ot.ration Committee was held on Monday evening, at the club-•house, J. C. Egan, Esq., in the chair. Mr. O'Connor, the Seeyetary to the Committee, stated that three sessions had passe,: away since the formation of the Club, at each of which the U)erals achieved a decided victory. ORANGE ODYRAGES.—We have received from a cor respondent in Borris the particulars of a brutal outrage committed by Orangenvn in the neighbourhood of that town on the evening of the 15th. Some countrymen were on their way home from the iir of Borris, when they were attacked by a party who lay in ambush in a corn-field, armed with pistols and a variety of other weapons. They commenced the attach with stones, upon which the coun trymen fled, leaving one of their number, a man named john Keogh, lying nearly dead on the road. He is so dangerously wounded that little expectations are enter tained of his recovery. Four of the murderers are in cus tody.—Pilot. one of the most animated scenes every witnessed. At VICEREGAL TOUR.—On the 22d, Long ford p resented about the middle of the day on Saturday, a report got into circulation that the Lord Lieutenant would pass through the town on this day. Immediately all hearts beat with anxiety to do him honour, feeling that their friend and pro tector was approaching. A meeting wasl;popl imme diately called of the friends and advocate s of civil and reli gious liberty. soo T pe of Ig llniE. CAMP AIGN iouh IN YOUGHAL.—It appears that the al and the surrounding parishes are on the ed there with great vig,nur. A correspondent of eve or a troublesome winter, as the tithe campaign has been states that on 'l'harsday last, two Hagerty and Wili;am Ronayne, were brought into Youghal by the police, hcadeJ by a .‘ Rebel lion Commissioner," and lodged in gaol for tithes due to jtptiollseotrS7ntleiet:ihne::?j. 0 1 1, 1er ie the Rev. James Hingston, the former rector of this parish. What makes the case of those poor people tide more gal ling, is, that they were never served with any or,ier of law whatsoever, nor have they a lease of their lands, which latter circumstance should have saved them from an . ; , de mand being made on them for tithes. The poor men hate declared their total inability, as well as their disinclination, to pay the odious impost ; consequently the law agent for the plaintiff will have to . transmit them to Dublin. The poor fartoers in this and the surrounding parishes sleep out of their houses, and have now formed a guard to keep watch in the day time, so that timely notice may be given of the approach of the police or "Rebellion Commissioners," and thus give the poor people w ho may be subject to the de mands of those persons an oppoil , :lnitY of escap in g . QUEEN'S COUNTY.—In this co,`ntY, as we have before remarked, the Orange system is actui:llYrevived. On the 19th of July, men were found factious er,,.'ugh to meet_ ant pass resolutions for the formation of an OiNge Society, under the poor disguise of The Queen's County Conser vative Association." If this band of conspirators Oe wper mitted to organise an Orange Soci et y , to beard t he rt , pre . sentative of Majesty, and to tramp le under feet b oth the la of the land and the King's express command, we may expect to see Ireland in a condition which even Lord Mulgrave'A wice and good Government will he unable to tranquil ze. On Saturday night, about half-past 11 o'clock, off the 1-it,iy the steamer,diit t c Isle, the steamer Rapid ran foul of a small sloop called thn 'l , ie lo s " l . o c o re p d al i m ro o tt st t t i h n Squirrel, of Larne, loaded with quick lime, and bound for ly the sloop's crew were picked up and brought safely ea la n lc. i . vbi T ch wo t% t v o o ' :l ,`,', li rt g i o ns v t . ant ri l board the Rapid ; hut' the remaining two, named Thomas Mann and James Ross, the Master and Mate, could not be found, and it is supposed they perished either by d ro wning, or by suffocation, from the slaking of the lime. The men in the beats k e pt pu lli ng about the place, through the dark, for upwards of half an hour, in the hope of finding them, but in vain . . It is said th a t b ot h o f th e unfortunate men hay(' left waves and families in Larne.—Pell]ut Neics Lvtler, N, ONIJON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2G, ISM t..tb